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New Services!
UBI 3rd Annual Women’s Scholarship
This time 16 winners will be chosen and take the class together!!! As an alumni of UBI I highly recommend it! Applications will be accepcted beginning October 1st! WOMEN OF COLOR PLEASE APPLY!!! Clink Link for more details https://qbp.com/womensscholarship/
Shop Dog
Puck sits under the half door at the Bikery. Her favorite activities are greeting folx when they come in, looking for chickens or cat food in the backyard and lying in the middle of the floor. She dislikes when bikes fall over and not getting scraps of food.
BXG @ UBI (oakland to oregon and back)
QBP (Quality Bicycle Parts) offered a 2015 scholarship for 10 women to attend UBI's (United Bicycle Institute) Professional Repair and Shop Operation Class. It is a top of the industry two week long program for experienced mechanics. There were over 800 applicants. I was one of the ten winners. In the course I registered for,... Continue Reading →
Beige on the Oregon Trail
from 5/1/15 In the course I registered for, there are 3 other scholarship winners out of 5 women in the 16 person class. Most everyone has a different idea they intend to use the knowledge for. Frame building, low income cycling advocacy, family cycling advocacy, mechanic, adapted bicycles for veterans and more. There is a... Continue Reading →
Home Sweet Hostel
Wednesday and I made it to The Cycle Hostel. There are a lot of cyclists here. Mostly on mountain bikes. With existence is rooted in resistance, my colorful being will have to self censor while here... QWOC plight. Loud girl problems. Tomorrow, UBI.
From Oakland to Oregon
Friday - Took Shawn's Rideshare from El Cerrito to Ashland. We even arrived ahead of schedule. It was nice if not a bit cramped conditions for a person who is used to riding and BART. Ample rest breaks though. An overall awesome experience, rideshare is definitely they way to go. Me and Wednesday made the... Continue Reading →
One week to UBI
Just a week before leaving. The decision to document my experience came from the idea that I should capitalize off of myself the same way UBI and QBP most certainly will. If, as suggested by my sister in law, that I be the sacrifice for others to succeed, so fucking be it. I'll go to attain... Continue Reading →
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